: This is for parents and patients using the drug Accutane. The risks for suicide have been known by the FDA and pharmaceutical company since at least 1998 if not earlier. My 15 year old son died on 1/7/2000 after being on Accutane for six months. We were never warned of this risk. The day our son died we called his doctor and asked him if Accutane could have had anything to do with it and he said NO he had never heard of Accutane being linked to any suicides. I found the letter on the Internet that Roche Laboratories sent to all doctors back in February of 1998. My son started taking Accutane around May of 1999. Please lets get the message out there so no one else has to lose there child because of the irresponsible actions of these drug companies and the FDA, not to mention the doctors. My son's acne was cleared up when he took his life. We need to demand data as to what this drug does to the mental status of our loved ones.

Re: Amy what dose did your son take? how many capsules a day? and did he take at same time?